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1 'â– 'â€¢â€¢â€¢â– a lai.li dec i i 1868 it manhattan lv i iy nighi i ast in an f,tt"|,.,,â€žâ€žri i house in the is h ward , . i party of men w ere : intoxicated uradj re j i by i nine ul ihe ifier i'-in lok - ol lus companions had ' mil received a dan ' -:.-. liul w tnken nas i nnnthni of : ... scnlp wounds and i i charh s fitzputrick ii nm i i a ini irlj ' h d i his makes the "',â€ž' , |, | in this city within two days mi iy be traced to i um .' a i,n i ii ii i i i â€¢ . ii n in il iln .- - - i . | ifi ii uln rl'ul mid liuupy i i in i id ir l ill â– i ii : ii : i in j lu lliolr i on il im i pu d lliuir yi u-s ii ; < iriidy r ink ind.i try ju i . john l..(lllll_rhlh ii _ i rm â– .!.--â– â– -, i.ll u i mid i iln i . ihluloi'lhi islnto.lho â– ii..ii : nml in lit i .'.,,.. mil : . so i iu id ilium â– il ,- otln i lnjnrl.1 1 inold ni ii to ono ox r v ii i upon ,. numb r nl ih l.i _ i . u rngi mid . vhnc ii 1 - â– .. ii Â« titlt : hutting heir ; u biw ioui in von e clublo i , . . :.â– â– '. i tlmm ,â€žâ€¢â– tinaofllii â€¢ < illlpllll nl bit ! iii.-i , villi ii l . i . i ih i i,!hi ... ii i . it bj i nf ii , am i .' 1.1 n.-v.-r willi i-d iii il i i'll ; i'.ill.rlv fill mid hi lb for i , ,,, iii,--i :, i.i.i.v illl !â€¢ ol t hi | , . , 1 mm i .-..-,,. t ,,,,.,, - ... ill ihro : ll till , ' ipi il l i irgo nun ', , nf m 1 th d ml i ir i per iioir luxes tin r la i1 ,, . aid oilier nf tli ii - â– i - !-â– â€ž., ; i ihoro n then ,-.- ...â– -....â– â– , â€¢ i re loo i t'utriok in ilrl k â– ii ir liil rii|{g.-d nml pinch - ffi and 1 nro â– . l not pit in i u ii il 1 um â– bnuly would l : 1 â– n ' â– â– in shori/t come p ;:, ql oiioo â€¢ t the bilk Â« 'Â«.:,- ' -. - tom ii â– . .-, .. ivcvn lam bow : .'!;...:,â– ., â– - - ,. d the tux uudol i rol nil ,- bud ooinii round tho 'â– ived bis bill mid thouglil nbmit n v wore . _â€¢ in i.ll | â– v - bittill too ir.lllk in 1 , i ':â– sherlrt cxplunatlon ! b m lo . - 'â– â– â– ,-,, ,, 1 i : i \ bfllf hi i | ] i u curse bud i - i in ,- .- 1,1,1 : lull i ) ' will i i " and x suit < toni - â– " v i i nld olhois ; indllieir . i um lÂ»i this in john i ti m.up.i rs kterksting to aii liutlskrs seme wo d ci leil in iln .--' ipreme court ol 'â– â– ' ' 1 â– 'â– ', â– -.', i , ; intere.it 10 ml â– â€¢''â– â– â€¢â– i 'â– â– suit w is brought by the pro '' â– '* of r and enq lirer againsl 1 i - n loi ihreo hundred dollars foi â– â– . â– ii â– jurj i ndi red u vercli i bt tl ;,,,-! eight n dollars ma iln nn i in claimed with i 'â€¢ il ire that Â« ben ihe ad erlise - i â– the uour'u office there was :_â€¢ respecting the number 1 â– 1 - -. ii ivever put in leaded lined so i'm one hundred ';'â– '* â– â€¢ in i -, each insertion ' :- ' : i was , hi fly thai mr bbot â– peel in ihe advertisement however be look the i n-r daily and as was pro 1,1 : ' ' in saw the advertisement in ' oulil have notified th linn n nue it the courl ruled thai he in ibis notice and not i iv â– ex ihe benefit of the advertisement . t t r â€” __-. ' 'â– 'â– 'â– \ joiinieymnu printer a"!-l"'"'|a - n . of fort wayne ; ,;, i -. ,., heard :' x i pa enls an in real ills 5i .'. aud will be thankful ho will give ihem any inlor r1""m'l,im a idi.-.s mr i ). st'ephens ne indiana editors every ** hi please copy b'-u-u .,:-, -. 111 the se il of i ni n it ,,, be u crow ned im lf .'- ' ' . -_ - n l bunder reposanl stir 1 ' i fieiich are a curious mid an . in.l i-an t uln 1 anything . - ,.- to see a copy - ihe french idea nbodiiueui ,,| i bunder south car y . inn in ( ' difornia ' -., i lo clerk ol â– â– -.,â– ,'â– ni.i.l th lii nol 'â– â€¢ mr vl sydney il . bad a l-w tickets kjj *' : â– ', them for the neglect h . . â– ihem voted 1 lere *,â€ž!'' iguiusl l.un and ihe - |, ill majority ' Â« rid ,,,' - l.ou sluouudullai the carol rwatchmajv j.j bruner ; <â– !:â€žâ– y proprietor ) ' i â€¢Â»â– "â€¢'â€¢" \ new ski iks do in is mi rtvi am " ' vtin'lii ( volumrix number 36 . salisbury n c thursday january 6 1853 sketches of lectures new yoi.k historical society nobtil ( itnuvt "' b-v r i hawks ii t the socotltl lecture of the course was delivered buforu the now yml ii -, .-,! society last evening ai ihe metropolitan hall by itev k |â€ž hawks i i >. tho aitciidai.ee was largo and highly respect able al m o'clock 1 m ii luther liradisli the president accompanied by ihu officers of ihe society appeared upon the platform who al onco proceeded to introduce the looturer for the owning llev i il.iwks rev dr lawk upon coming forward was warmly i .-. ived and proceeded to say he was a bad man who was asham ed of an honest parentage because il was poor and humble ha was u better who was ashamed of bis country because its history re led few or none of the bloody triumphs of ambition but told the simple story of a people's unobtrusive progress in civilization and homely comfort he was borry lot il ian who if hi conn hymen wen frank and honest did urn love los country ; he would not trust thai m in lie was there i lore ihem to speck in a society whose cho-on object of pursuit was i lislory ii was befitting therefore thai he should seel for his subject in i lis i..iy hut this was an american sooiety and that fact narrowed his range of choice lo american history he would of coins peak ol ih.it portion of an ri can history which he had studied most and knew host that then would he ihe portiun of the republic in which he was horn and reared his theme was u ih carolina and all he had to i.ll was a simple story ol some of the incidents iu h.r career he did not suppose ihey were known to all for the career of north car olina bad been singularly unobtrusive modest and quiet and her true history yet j remained lo be w.ritten he would can | dully admit that what he was about to say bad been collected lo that end there were thren memorable incidents in that histoi v . firsl : ii was on the shores of norlh carolina thai the lir-t english oolo ny was planted second the firsl blood shed in battle with the troops of the brit ish government in support o i the princi ples of the american revolution was the blood of norlh carolina ; and ihe liisi hat ih ih-hl was the soil of that stale thud the first declaration of independence ev er promulgated in any of these colonies came fn.m north carolina more than a y.-ar before the national declaration 1 july 4 1771 with the firsl two particu lars he would not trouble bis audience â€” i he would perhaps occupy too much of their time before he disposed of tbe third without further preface he would begin his lory and to a c.urect understanding ol it it was necessary they should be in formed of the condition of both n < laroli nn and its hardy inhabitants the trav eler who at this day journeyed somberly upon the customary route saw but lltle of north carolina save numerous hills of sands and forests ol pine he would be glad to escape from her boundaries and was apt in the retrospect to say thai all was l i ; en for nearly a hundred miles from her presenl t ea coast the land was evidently formed by the retrocession of ihe ocean irom its former limits leaving h.-re and there vast tracts of land cover ed in sum places with extensive and val uable forests of pine but westward ol this ancient boundary for the extent of more than three hundred miles even to the eastern boundary of tennessee there existed a very different region comprising an agreeable diversity of bill and dale spread out over a fertile soil and still in many portions covered with magnificent old forests the hills gradually swelled inlo mountains until their remote portions pn ruled in all directions scenes of wild grandeur and sublimity and were at least embosomed in the region that bad been s,!l called the switzerland of north america the noddle part of the state was settled by presbyterians from the north of ireland of the class known as the scotch irish or descendants of those who had emigrated irom scotland and set tied upon the escheated stales of the earls of tyrone and tyrconnell in the reign of james i some of those early sellers of north carolina came into the colonies l.v the delaware and settled on ih easl of the alleghany mountains l.ui subsequently moved to north carolina and others came in hy way of charleston the firsl emigration took place somewhere near 1730 though ingress did not become rapid until 1750 at tbe time of which he spoke the aspect of the country is not the same as at this day large prairies over which waved a luxuriant growth of mass then spread out alar where how stood thriving villages and cultivated farms the streams were often bordered at that day by tbe cane break within which the game found lood and shelter by the side i those streams high above the expanding pnn s tbe smoke from the settler's log cab nmi bl be often seen curl ing aloft al lirsl tho log cabins stood iu solitary si clut ion eight ten or fifteen miles were deemeda distance constituting quite a near m ighborhood but scattered as were tbe people there was one artificial :.-.-Â«. i i,i in iht lund-capi-thal showed itself i11 tin beginning if they sought in some phico rnosi convenient of access to all ibey wore sure lo find th meeting house '"' !|"' vvor hip ol ( lod i'.v.ii ni lias day i mouldering ruinn of those rustic tern ph l worship remained while near by i'Â°Â»e i in ir impo ilng modern edificesof brick !.. supply their plaoc around thorn wore ihe green mounds an i hillock - i the couniry grave yard " where iho rude forelaihers i the hamlel sleep th mom prominent feature in the character i the people was i ho intensity l their re 11 tiou 1 1 ling they seemed to havouni ted in their mental organization the im l"|l "â– â– '- ardor ol the irish with the cool intellectual shrewdness of iho scotch i'lic one tempered the other ihey were mentally zealous ami mentally praciioal they choose to understand a subject first an i when the mind onco apprehended what they thought t.i bo righl an i tru â€¢. they throw them lelves into tin support of ii body and soul thej wore asstorn en thusiasts as ilic i.i covenanters but ihey knew better iho ground i their enthusi asm j ami ihey were daringly bravo wo men as well is men i'll people iu those days knew hut little ol the operations i iln colonial government there being no mails and no newspapers in their section ol the couniry news of what was going on in tho world without they received when liny camo to attend the village church mi sal i mil sometimes tho pas ior a n i sometimes iiip justice ol the peace or il.'1 doctor read to tho assembled ciii ns a consideration of ihe little news ihey received from philadelphia new v.irk vi 11 would ask his audience lo im agino themselves up among those hills ol which lo hoi been speaking on a plea batll spun morn ol 775 â€” to fancy iln mselves in lio village of charlotte in mecklenburg county ii would ho obvi ous that irom sonic cnuse or other there had hem brought together a very large assemblage and an unusual exoilemenl appeared to prevail some of iln clergy would be s.-cn speaking with deep earn estness io gray-haired men win drank in with grei dy cars all thai they uttered ; while on the outskirts of the circle matrons and younger women hearkened with breathless attention lo what was passing again near by might be seen groups of mi id aged i in i tag d in earnest con versation a man who e dress & appear ance betokened ins belonging lo iln most influential da in thai simple community iu the meantime was reading aloud from a handbill which had just been brought by a travel stained messenger thai 1 in ii 11 contained an recount ol tli blood of muss ichusetta mon hen : bhed by llii n-ii soldiers i lha halllos i coneord and lex ington on tha loill of april 1775 sometime previous i this askpmlilnge ii had been decided ihnl ihe juncture of affairs demanded nn expres sion of ihe feelings r.f ihe cilizena ol mecklen burg county col i pe a distinguished and piiliiotic citizen nf i lull county was empower ed i call a convention ol iwo fle resenlalives ii n i â– â– :, il . district in ihe counly the urgency of die i i isis in ihe public affairs both i l lie c 1 ni s an i ihe mother country im pelled col hope to cull ihe convention and ii : a the 12ih of may 177 iu the village 1 charh ite into the midst l this ii - ne ihe messenger boar ing ihe tidings from massachusetts the ef fect whs hi flre thrown into a magazine ..! gunpowder a shout arose at once from the poople â€¢â€¢ let us be independent ami lot us de lend our independence with oar lives and lor i â– 1 1 . - â– . ! " uesoluiions reported by a commit tee consisting ol messrs bievarl cannon and balch were immediately adopted ii was lo ho observed hero ill 1 ihoi â– â– resolutions were ol ihe same purport as ;. bories drafted some days he fore by mr bievart in view i the mealing i ihe con v nti n the ground taken in ihe res oin ii ns was ihnl nil who in any manner coun lenanced ihe unchartered invasion ol american linlits by iho british government was an en emy to lie ir country ; and also declared in fa vor i dissolving all ihe political lies which bound the colonies to th i moihar couniry ma ny portion ul il resolutions were expressed in precisely identical terms wilh those after . ward employed in the groat national acclama tion ol independence a permanent commit lee i ih a convention was appointed and irom ii there emanated on ihe 30 h of may 177 a document declaring that all military and ci vil commissions isaued under the authority of ihe british crown were null and void in meck lenburg counly ; alao that tin legislation for every colony ought lo be entirely controlled by its provisional congress vc the lectur er then wenl into a lengthened and elaborate invesligalion of the claim advanced relative t ibis latter document constituting the mecklen burg declaration of independe and ad inc ed the testimony ol several peraonally cogi.i zanl ol ihe circumstances as nlso tho rousons i'm supposing the resolutions of may 20 pass d ut charlotte to be legitimately entitled lobe considered the firsl declaration having con i eluded los observations upon that branch ol his subject the lecturer proceeded lo say : i will now hasten to my moral as i look around mo i it-el that you are my couiitrymen gather ed from all pans of oui broad fair laud pro lm v ihe mi i>d ol some brave soldier from ov ary one i ihe gl - u d thirteen who with washington lo lead ihem wenl through ire and baptiz 1 the nation in their blood and left ii free proliah v ihu blood ol soi ie i each is represented hero to-night there i cor luiuly here couiÂ»in through our veins ihe b d of lingland ol now i'orl he jerseys ul pennsylvania ol brave little delaware ma nia i \ irgiui i ihe carolinas and ol gaol ri ,. ai.il ii mood ol n en irom all those slates i.cc made a common pool on more ltj_.ii one hard fought field no sound was then i 1 ' . ii heard ofieelioiial fuullng laying " i flglil for i manai buseiis and 1 for \ irginiu ami i lor conneeliciii and i for ilia cai un and i for tho ,!-, i j i mid i lor georgia no no the cry was " wo lighl for ihu i'reedum nl all wu waul no freedom but lor all and wl'li oud'i r i help have it fui all Â»,- will ... leai i hones lo bleach upon iho holds 1 our couniry applause i mil , j counirymon it is glorious lo sll down and nun ovei iho pages ul ih stirring nun until ihu heart ihroln and ihe eye ivuiors mid wo rise lo a full npproeia lion of ihe dlgnliy and m ij stic il.hiiiiiy of il.nl purost and i unsold ih revolution reci t â– tied in the history l ihe world | applause i..-i y.nii children nun ovar ihese pages loo im lhai , â€¢ ihe way lo bring oul iho true feeling â€” intensely altogether exclusively american i hut is lha loellng now 1 iay lo you look back 1 1 1 v eniininu.cn oh bow our brave old ; faiburs clung logiilhor i boston w.is in irou hie in 1775 and did no one sympathise with boston ! ni nl c i,n,i lor one expressed hui ro.oiitmeni openly ; aud nl a cosi uf 800 si-nt io her u vesÂ«e loaded Â« llh provisions and tho town irom wbiuh ll was soul numbered bul 000 inluibiliinls and lha wholo colony hut 100,000 nd â– ii 1 1 is you lhai boston did nol approi late iho sympiuhy ul norlh carolina ? â€” now soi i ihe norlh wild ihe i.i i i iho dead soldiers of iho llevoluiion coursing ihro vim v.-ius one and -, i i stand here before you with the blood ol ihe south in my vein [ ap plause ami 1 hold oul my ii ind lo you in love nml i suy lo you oui lathois were hrelh ren and ihey l'ouÂ«lil bide liy side and they coin foiled each olhei iu den i ii and on ihe bait lo ' field and ihey loved oaeli other unci now wluil should wo bo i lender ui my bund will you refuse it .' no no you will not li.r i cuo hoar you say " u aro our brethren h.r wo are oil children of tho on groat hnusohold â€” and bo we be and -,,, with god's blessing we will over be then as children of one family wh u bhould ho uur .-,,â€ž ,!â– â€ž i | mulual lorbear unco and love nml u him docidod resistance lo all â€” come when mid irom where they may who would sow discord between us i ml and continuous applause wo are a large household and ihero must iherolore ho some diver.i y ol opinion among us let however there be none upon this ureal determination lo wit : lhai our diversities ol opinion shall be discussed with entire respect for the lights and consciences of eoch oilier j and our rnu.ua do , termination in nil honor nd hoiiesly losuppoil ' each ,, bet's jusl righls biiuii ho so fulfilled thai ihere shall bo no discoid lhai will he no dis cord lhai will lead lo iho lupluro of ihe family i . prominent among all other matleis ol interest with us jusl now i lha determination to do elect iy as our is i i 1 d stand ingeih r through life and il necessary death even on the bailie field how near we may bo to the need ol all our slieiiglh god only knows llul ihe day is coming buroly when we will need it all may it find us when it comos neither dis united nor unpiepaied for its approach the moral ofmystoiy is biieflythis that sprung i'm in lathers who all did well â€” all manfully acted llieir p ni - ihrotighoul life ii becomes nol us their sons either u orget their bulleriugs and llieir achievemenls or lu sputn their exam abstemu as diet the necessity of persons becoming their own physicians when ihe bodily functions are slightly disordered is well illustrated in the domestic receipt book many cases of illness both in adults and children may be readily cured by absti nence from all food headaches disorder ed stomachs and many other attacks are often c msedby viola ting the rules of health and in consequence some parts of the sys tem ov.-i loaded or some of tbe organs are clogged omitting one two or three meals as the ease may be gives the sys tem a chai.ee to rest and the clogged or gans to dispose of their burdens the practice ol giving drugs to clear out the stomach though it may afford the needed temporary relief always weakens ihe sys tem while abstinence secures the good result without doing any injury said a young gentleman lo a distin guished medical practitioner in philadel phia doctor what do you do for your self when you have a turn of headache or other slight attack ?" go without my dinner was the reply and if that does not euro you what then 1 " l in without my supper but if that docs not cure you what then f go without my breakfast we physi cians seldom take midecincs ourselves or use them in our families for wc know that abstinence is better but wc cannot make our patients believe it many cases of slight indisposition arc cured by a change of diet thus if a person suffers irom constipation has a headache slight attacks of lever or dys pepsia the cause may often be removed by eating rye mush and molasses baked apples and oilier luiils we were greatly amused says mi ex change the other day at the sight ol a small but very study ul chin who came tearing round a corner with his rags hut tering m the wind h face smeared with molasses and a shingle flourishing iii his hand while he was shouting to another boy about the size ol a pepper box who stood something near a quarter of a utile down the street i â€¢â€¢< l bill bill ' get as many boys as ever ', on can and as many shingles as ev er sou can and come up the street round the corner as quick as ever you can for there's a great big large hogsit ol lasses busted ou the pavement busted all to smash ! ' t',.,11 l norlh cai-olhi i wiiij mr editor there are some repoi is in circulation about davidson college in which the whole community are deeply interested in reference to which i desire information and know not to whom i can apply more appropriately than to your self it is said that the convention which met last month in your town rufusod by a decided majority to accept the resignation of the professors tendered to ihe hoard of trustees in august and referred m the convention for decision ; and yet proceed ed to ihe election of additional professors have iho additions to their funds justified such a measure have ihey buildings pre pared l..r their accommodation ! are the prospects of the college so encouraging as to invite so great an increase ol expen diture do give us il you please mr i alitor some items irom the report of trea surer or agents their action indicates an onward move which will cheer ihu i heart ol every friend ol eduoation in wes ! tern carolina i do hope it will check those ill omened clunkers who have been ' *- i 1 1 â€¢__: i 1 1 r out â€¢â€¢ loss ol public confidence , " dying and such like strains the trustees are prudent calculating men and would never bind themselves lo support live professors and a president unless ihey saw llieir way clear it gratified me much to learn that the board had sent a committee to request professor johnston to withold hisresigna nation and that he had conditionally ct sented so to do ll is not at all surpi fp that they are unwilling to lose ihe servi ces ul such an experienced and aide pro fessor lie lias been connected with this institution almost from the beginning ; and has always enjoyed ihe entire personal esteem nml prolessionnl confidence of ev ery president of ihe board every mem ber at any time in the faculty every stu dent even to the humbles individual on the college bill ' the effort of the trustees shows their judgment and i hope they will spare no exertion to retain prof johnston the jolle;;e cannot afford to give him up and the community will hold ihe board responsible if every effort is not suasunably made for the attainment of so desirable an end so judges a i't it nil in modest worth " fast youth â€” tho oswogo journal thus expatiates on the progressive ways of our rising generation : " boys are nearly un extinct race there is scarcely un intermediate lug between dia per nml desperudoism the luwdy infant is no sooner oul ol his long clothes than he ex hibits the incipient irails of the dandy loafer and by ihe lime ho is lairly jacketed ho wants a tobacco pouch a pack of curds and learns lu swear like a pirate at iho ago often he bo gins in i ii n wiih the ' um she en and his mother generally knows bo is oul because ho is very seldom in al ihe ago i twelve he smokes drinks and speaks ol bis parents as the old mini and eld woman al fifteen iie wants 1 gold waleb and revolver and talks oboot lam ming everybody lhai don't keep out of his way al eighteen he is the ' fastest youth aboul lown lalks of soiling up for himself cribbles love letters and becomes a perfect adept iu games ol chance ; can drink more champbagne and out more raw oysters than any man of bis inches about this lime bis father withholds his spending in nicy and die young hopeful thinks ii a capital idea lo run a awny where he can enjoy ins liberty and afier sowing his wild oais abroad returns home - uisfled that the ' old bilks are not such ' great fools after all " wo won highly amused nol long since ul healing a young hopeful some twelve years of ig whom some person culled a ' boy ei claim ' cull me i boy ! where is y.,ur men f we also overheard two jui iles nut y.-t oul i their aprons offering n hot cigars thai scoll would l,o elected becuuso ho mis ' a bigger man iban general pierce another lilllelad who whs sweating away at ihe btovo trying to light un old slump of a eigar on being advised lo leave off ill i filthy i n.it replii d wiih the utmost gravity that ' ii was very haid vv.uk lo break off smoking us he had inula i ever biuce ho was a small boy almosl daily j we in i v see little ihroe foolors with lighted projections in their mouths swaggering along i puffing end spitting utter iho m.,*t approved rowdy style a glance at ihe marvellous de ' velopmcnts and prococioos intellects exhibited . by ihe young misses of this effeminate genera tion must be del -.! until another day eclipses for l8f â€” there will be two eclipses of the sun and one of the moon during the year 1853 the first eclipse of th sun will lake place on the 6th of june aud will be visible in california the soin hern portion ol the united states and in nearly the whole of south america â€” the second will lie lotah and will take place on the hi of november ll will be visible in california mexico central america ami nearly tbe whole of south america both ol these eclipses will be invisible here a partial eclipse of the moon will lake place on the 81st of juno begining nl 29 minutes a in and ending at '.' hours _ minutes digits eclipsed 2j on the north rn limp â€” hoslon journal handsome liiri lend it will he seen on i hi nee i a arfvorluliib columns io day thai ihe bunk of hamburg has declared i div jdond ' i four it liars upon ihe ih i each ol ..- slock being at ihe rale ul sixteen par cent ; er annum â€” //,,- nbttrg republican 0 â– central it lilroad slock is selling in , georgia t â€¢! 15 por share hull in :; / i ,,/,â€ž, . ll i'.l i ill j's " i nctical i'n al it 'â– , n i'u in ," w v find the following undi i the hi nd ul " ll u o â– ,-. / t itstomt i s .â€¢" in th progri vo singes of ch ilizntion men have h.id many erroneous ideas ami have been chargeable with much folly and i am not aware that any time or in any age they considered it sullicie.nt to place themselves in one of tho â€¢' main grooves l human nlfairs and wait for lort me mercantile men havo certainly lie . er enl.-i lain d ihe idea that all that is necei snry in order to do hosinos , is lo op.n a shop or store an 1 1 lock it with mer chandise to i.l.e mean â– to inform ilia public uf the nature ol their business and solicit their patronage has ever huen a maii.r of primary importance in the middle of the seventeenth century iho shopkeepers in london ,,, id known their business , hi vort . tin in uei or pro prietors would lake a turn before their doors crying out " what d'ye lack sir ; w hat d'ye lack mn inn 1 and then run over ii list of tbe commodities they dealt in and when tiled the task was assumed by the appi cut ice thus making tin cily a babel of strange sounds this democratic era win succeeded by ihe nge of signs which ncuius soon im proved and ornamented l..vlill imaginable devices painting gilding boars heads hying dragons and swans were conspic uous emblems as iho capabilities of the printing press were developed shrewd men saw in it a chance lo " univcralizo their sign-board they saw they could place upon il not only their name and num ber but a full account of their slock and their range of prices ; they saw that they could challenge tho attention not only of thoso who passed by their store but of men in all places and at all limes the present is tin era of advertising adver tising is the best mode ol dm wing buyers that i can suggest by means of it men can sell articles that arc valueless and miikc fortunes by it i why should not those who havo valuable articles to dis pose of . an extensive system ol adver tising is invariably resort d to by those who have trash to dispose of and it suc ceeds ; bow much easier then to selpa useful and valuable article ! advertising and politi ness are the main levers to get cusl ers advertising will draw them ability to fill their orders will satisfy ihem and politeness will induce tiucm to buy fr tin fayotlevillo observer for farmers one acre of land 1a*1 square yards is exactly one acre neither more nor less â€” but the very thing itself s57 yards square of 09 yards and 20j inches each way is nearly one acre 308.71 feet square or 808 feet and 8j inches each way is nearly one acre 2 504 j inches square is one acre near l.v a piece of land 10 by 181 yds or 20 by 242 yds or 30 by ltil { yds or 40 by 121 yds or ii by do 4-5 yds or co hy 80 yds or 70 by 60 1-7 yds or 80 by g0j yds or 00 by 57 7 0 yds or 100 by 48 2-5 yds a exactly one acre neither more nor less fluxions private claims â€” it is sillied truly thai in no civilized country in the world is ii soldifrcull to obtain from government iho payment of private claims although bum led on liuib and justice mr rockwell ol connecticut in n reporl made in 1848 sinied i hul in i years b.999 pell lions were presented to both lions el congress by private claimants and of these 3.081 were nol reporled upon by any committee ; and in ihe leu slice i ji y us lb.ro wen presenled 17,573 petitions lo die louse of representa tives and 8,913 were nol reported upon by any committee in re ibaii half iho nunibei ! i!ut small comparatively ns was ihe number reporl ed lo congress ihe number acted upon was probably not more lhan ono in ave mail robbery the mobile 4 oertiscr says ih.it the mail rrom mobile eastward of the 7th was robbed near burnt c in on tbe sill inst the driver is under arrest bui ihe guard is nol to be found ah extraordinary lamp â€” among the list of late english patents is one taken oul by mr e vvhele far a candle lamp of very novel el a lacier the lamp has a dial or clock face and as ihe candle hums ill hands mnl the hours and minutes correctly and,1 hammer strikes the lime as a chamber light lor a sick room il in irks ihe time and can bo sel lo strike al any given periods when the patient requires attention threatened disruption in ihe i lunch of england it is stated hy ihe london weekly despatch thai in consequence f ihe delermi ne.lion ol iho crown not io allow convocation lo sil for the dispatch ,.| business ihe lea leu of ihe lli^li church parly at a raeenl meeting have resolved lo secede irom the establishment and lo conned themselves wiih iho episcopal church of scotland tho right hon vv e gladstone one ol ihe leaders ol ihe movement ha taken ihe firsl slep rowdyism seems to be rampant in new ark in ohio two of her judges wcro knocked down on tuesday night though no provocation had been given the ringleader was lined lo for i be outrage tho times says that their oldest and best citizens many of them have armed them selves as the law is powerless tin president elect ii is reporled that general pierce was eloseled al lha troinonl house boston on saturday with messrs hun ier i virginia nichol on ol tennessee and caleb cu.hing a yankee down i '. ist has made the great discovery that a window glazed with old l.ii is a sure indication ihnl the occupants have seen a turn bottle tint's a fact j then is ii i ,! w u i i : so tin oinmon ' fall ttatbe can't i.ll whin hi io are . ,, ,. !.

1 'â– 'â€¢â€¢â€¢â– a lai.li dec i i 1868 it manhattan lv i iy nighi i ast in an f,tt"|,.,,â€žâ€žri i house in the is h ward , . i party of men w ere : intoxicated uradj re j i by i nine ul ihe ifier i'-in lok - ol lus companions had ' mil received a dan ' -:.-. liul w tnken nas i nnnthni of : ... scnlp wounds and i i charh s fitzputrick ii nm i i a ini irlj ' h d i his makes the "',â€ž' , |, | in this city within two days mi iy be traced to i um .' a i,n i ii ii i i i â€¢ . ii n in il iln .- - - i . | ifi ii uln rl'ul mid liuupy i i in i id ir l ill â– i ii : ii : i in j lu lliolr i on il im i pu d lliuir yi u-s ii ; < iriidy r ink ind.i try ju i . john l..(lllll_rhlh ii _ i rm â– .!.--â– â– -, i.ll u i mid i iln i . ihluloi'lhi islnto.lho â– ii..ii : nml in lit i .'.,,.. mil : . so i iu id ilium â– il ,- otln i lnjnrl.1 1 inold ni ii to ono ox r v ii i upon ,. numb r nl ih l.i _ i . u rngi mid . vhnc ii 1 - â– .. ii Â« titlt : hutting heir ; u biw ioui in von e clublo i , . . :.â– â– '. i tlmm ,â€žâ€¢â– tinaofllii â€¢ < illlpllll nl bit ! iii.-i , villi ii l . i . i ih i i,!hi ... ii i . it bj i nf ii , am i .' 1.1 n.-v.-r willi i-d iii il i i'll ; i'.ill.rlv fill mid hi lb for i , ,,, iii,--i :, i.i.i.v illl !â€¢ ol t hi | , . , 1 mm i .-..-,,. t ,,,,.,, - ... ill ihro : ll till , ' ipi il l i irgo nun ', , nf m 1 th d ml i ir i per iioir luxes tin r la i1 ,, . aid oilier nf tli ii - â– i - !-â– â€ž., ; i ihoro n then ,-.- ...â– -....â– â– , â€¢ i re loo i t'utriok in ilrl k â– ii ir liil rii|{g.-d nml pinch - ffi and 1 nro â– . l not pit in i u ii il 1 um â– bnuly would l : 1 â– n ' â– â– in shori/t come p ;:, ql oiioo â€¢ t the bilk Â« 'Â«.:,- ' -. - tom ii â– . .-, .. ivcvn lam bow : .'!;...:,â– ., â– - - ,. d the tux uudol i rol nil ,- bud ooinii round tho 'â– ived bis bill mid thouglil nbmit n v wore . _â€¢ in i.ll | â– v - bittill too ir.lllk in 1 , i ':â– sherlrt cxplunatlon ! b m lo . - 'â– â– â– ,-,, ,, 1 i : i \ bfllf hi i | ] i u curse bud i - i in ,- .- 1,1,1 : lull i ) ' will i i " and x suit < toni - â– " v i i nld olhois ; indllieir . i um lÂ»i this in john i ti m.up.i rs kterksting to aii liutlskrs seme wo d ci leil in iln .--' ipreme court ol 'â– â– ' ' 1 â– 'â– ', â– -.', i , ; intere.it 10 ml â– â€¢''â– â– â€¢â– i 'â– â– suit w is brought by the pro '' â– '* of r and enq lirer againsl 1 i - n loi ihreo hundred dollars foi â– â– . â– ii â– jurj i ndi red u vercli i bt tl ;,,,-! eight n dollars ma iln nn i in claimed with i 'â€¢ il ire that Â« ben ihe ad erlise - i â– the uour'u office there was :_â€¢ respecting the number 1 â– 1 - -. ii ivever put in leaded lined so i'm one hundred ';'â– '* â– â€¢ in i -, each insertion ' :- ' : i was , hi fly thai mr bbot â– peel in ihe advertisement however be look the i n-r daily and as was pro 1,1 : ' ' in saw the advertisement in ' oulil have notified th linn n nue it the courl ruled thai he in ibis notice and not i iv â– ex ihe benefit of the advertisement . t t r â€” __-. ' 'â– 'â– 'â– \ joiinieymnu printer a"!-l"'"'|a - n . of fort wayne ; ,;, i -. ,., heard :' x i pa enls an in real ills 5i .'. aud will be thankful ho will give ihem any inlor r1""m'l,im a idi.-.s mr i ). st'ephens ne indiana editors every ** hi please copy b'-u-u .,:-, -. 111 the se il of i ni n it ,,, be u crow ned im lf .'- ' ' . -_ - n l bunder reposanl stir 1 ' i fieiich are a curious mid an . in.l i-an t uln 1 anything . - ,.- to see a copy - ihe french idea nbodiiueui ,,| i bunder south car y . inn in ( ' difornia ' -., i lo clerk ol â– â– -.,â– ,'â– ni.i.l th lii nol 'â– â€¢ mr vl sydney il . bad a l-w tickets kjj *' : â– ', them for the neglect h . . â– ihem voted 1 lere *,â€ž!'' iguiusl l.un and ihe - |, ill majority ' Â« rid ,,,' - l.ou sluouudullai the carol rwatchmajv j.j bruner ; . tho aitciidai.ee was largo and highly respect able al m o'clock 1 m ii luther liradisli the president accompanied by ihu officers of ihe society appeared upon the platform who al onco proceeded to introduce the looturer for the owning llev i il.iwks rev dr lawk upon coming forward was warmly i .-. ived and proceeded to say he was a bad man who was asham ed of an honest parentage because il was poor and humble ha was u better who was ashamed of bis country because its history re led few or none of the bloody triumphs of ambition but told the simple story of a people's unobtrusive progress in civilization and homely comfort he was borry lot il ian who if hi conn hymen wen frank and honest did urn love los country ; he would not trust thai m in lie was there i lore ihem to speck in a society whose cho-on object of pursuit was i lislory ii was befitting therefore thai he should seel for his subject in i lis i..iy hut this was an american sooiety and that fact narrowed his range of choice lo american history he would of coins peak ol ih.it portion of an ri can history which he had studied most and knew host that then would he ihe portiun of the republic in which he was horn and reared his theme was u ih carolina and all he had to i.ll was a simple story ol some of the incidents iu h.r career he did not suppose ihey were known to all for the career of north car olina bad been singularly unobtrusive modest and quiet and her true history yet j remained lo be w.ritten he would can | dully admit that what he was about to say bad been collected lo that end there were thren memorable incidents in that histoi v . firsl : ii was on the shores of norlh carolina thai the lir-t english oolo ny was planted second the firsl blood shed in battle with the troops of the brit ish government in support o i the princi ples of the american revolution was the blood of norlh carolina ; and ihe liisi hat ih ih-hl was the soil of that stale thud the first declaration of independence ev er promulgated in any of these colonies came fn.m north carolina more than a y.-ar before the national declaration 1 july 4 1771 with the firsl two particu lars he would not trouble bis audience â€” i he would perhaps occupy too much of their time before he disposed of tbe third without further preface he would begin his lory and to a c.urect understanding ol it it was necessary they should be in formed of the condition of both n < laroli nn and its hardy inhabitants the trav eler who at this day journeyed somberly upon the customary route saw but lltle of north carolina save numerous hills of sands and forests ol pine he would be glad to escape from her boundaries and was apt in the retrospect to say thai all was l i ; en for nearly a hundred miles from her presenl t ea coast the land was evidently formed by the retrocession of ihe ocean irom its former limits leaving h.-re and there vast tracts of land cover ed in sum places with extensive and val uable forests of pine but westward ol this ancient boundary for the extent of more than three hundred miles even to the eastern boundary of tennessee there existed a very different region comprising an agreeable diversity of bill and dale spread out over a fertile soil and still in many portions covered with magnificent old forests the hills gradually swelled inlo mountains until their remote portions pn ruled in all directions scenes of wild grandeur and sublimity and were at least embosomed in the region that bad been s,!l called the switzerland of north america the noddle part of the state was settled by presbyterians from the north of ireland of the class known as the scotch irish or descendants of those who had emigrated irom scotland and set tied upon the escheated stales of the earls of tyrone and tyrconnell in the reign of james i some of those early sellers of north carolina came into the colonies l.v the delaware and settled on ih easl of the alleghany mountains l.ui subsequently moved to north carolina and others came in hy way of charleston the firsl emigration took place somewhere near 1730 though ingress did not become rapid until 1750 at tbe time of which he spoke the aspect of the country is not the same as at this day large prairies over which waved a luxuriant growth of mass then spread out alar where how stood thriving villages and cultivated farms the streams were often bordered at that day by tbe cane break within which the game found lood and shelter by the side i those streams high above the expanding pnn s tbe smoke from the settler's log cab nmi bl be often seen curl ing aloft al lirsl tho log cabins stood iu solitary si clut ion eight ten or fifteen miles were deemeda distance constituting quite a near m ighborhood but scattered as were tbe people there was one artificial :.-.-Â«. i i,i in iht lund-capi-thal showed itself i11 tin beginning if they sought in some phico rnosi convenient of access to all ibey wore sure lo find th meeting house '"' !|"' vvor hip ol ( lod i'.v.ii ni lias day i mouldering ruinn of those rustic tern ph l worship remained while near by i'Â°Â»e i in ir impo ilng modern edificesof brick !.. supply their plaoc around thorn wore ihe green mounds an i hillock - i the couniry grave yard " where iho rude forelaihers i the hamlel sleep th mom prominent feature in the character i the people was i ho intensity l their re 11 tiou 1 1 ling they seemed to havouni ted in their mental organization the im l"|l "â– â– '- ardor ol the irish with the cool intellectual shrewdness of iho scotch i'lic one tempered the other ihey were mentally zealous ami mentally praciioal they choose to understand a subject first an i when the mind onco apprehended what they thought t.i bo righl an i tru â€¢. they throw them lelves into tin support of ii body and soul thej wore asstorn en thusiasts as ilic i.i covenanters but ihey knew better iho ground i their enthusi asm j ami ihey were daringly bravo wo men as well is men i'll people iu those days knew hut little ol the operations i iln colonial government there being no mails and no newspapers in their section ol the couniry news of what was going on in tho world without they received when liny camo to attend the village church mi sal i mil sometimes tho pas ior a n i sometimes iiip justice ol the peace or il.'1 doctor read to tho assembled ciii ns a consideration of ihe little news ihey received from philadelphia new v.irk vi 11 would ask his audience lo im agino themselves up among those hills ol which lo hoi been speaking on a plea batll spun morn ol 775 â€” to fancy iln mselves in lio village of charlotte in mecklenburg county ii would ho obvi ous that irom sonic cnuse or other there had hem brought together a very large assemblage and an unusual exoilemenl appeared to prevail some of iln clergy would be s.-cn speaking with deep earn estness io gray-haired men win drank in with grei dy cars all thai they uttered ; while on the outskirts of the circle matrons and younger women hearkened with breathless attention lo what was passing again near by might be seen groups of mi id aged i in i tag d in earnest con versation a man who e dress & appear ance betokened ins belonging lo iln most influential da in thai simple community iu the meantime was reading aloud from a handbill which had just been brought by a travel stained messenger thai 1 in ii 11 contained an recount ol tli blood of muss ichusetta mon hen : bhed by llii n-ii soldiers i lha halllos i coneord and lex ington on tha loill of april 1775 sometime previous i this askpmlilnge ii had been decided ihnl ihe juncture of affairs demanded nn expres sion of ihe feelings r.f ihe cilizena ol mecklen burg county col i pe a distinguished and piiliiotic citizen nf i lull county was empower ed i call a convention ol iwo fle resenlalives ii n i â– â– :, il . district in ihe counly the urgency of die i i isis in ihe public affairs both i l lie c 1 ni s an i ihe mother country im pelled col hope to cull ihe convention and ii : a the 12ih of may 177 iu the village 1 charh ite into the midst l this ii - ne ihe messenger boar ing ihe tidings from massachusetts the ef fect whs hi flre thrown into a magazine ..! gunpowder a shout arose at once from the poople â€¢â€¢ let us be independent ami lot us de lend our independence with oar lives and lor i â– 1 1 . - â– . ! " uesoluiions reported by a commit tee consisting ol messrs bievarl cannon and balch were immediately adopted ii was lo ho observed hero ill 1 ihoi â– â– resolutions were ol ihe same purport as ;. bories drafted some days he fore by mr bievart in view i the mealing i ihe con v nti n the ground taken in ihe res oin ii ns was ihnl nil who in any manner coun lenanced ihe unchartered invasion ol american linlits by iho british government was an en emy to lie ir country ; and also declared in fa vor i dissolving all ihe political lies which bound the colonies to th i moihar couniry ma ny portion ul il resolutions were expressed in precisely identical terms wilh those after . ward employed in the groat national acclama tion ol independence a permanent commit lee i ih a convention was appointed and irom ii there emanated on ihe 30 h of may 177 a document declaring that all military and ci vil commissions isaued under the authority of ihe british crown were null and void in meck lenburg counly ; alao that tin legislation for every colony ought lo be entirely controlled by its provisional congress vc the lectur er then wenl into a lengthened and elaborate invesligalion of the claim advanced relative t ibis latter document constituting the mecklen burg declaration of independe and ad inc ed the testimony ol several peraonally cogi.i zanl ol ihe circumstances as nlso tho rousons i'm supposing the resolutions of may 20 pass d ut charlotte to be legitimately entitled lobe considered the firsl declaration having con i eluded los observations upon that branch ol his subject the lecturer proceeded lo say : i will now hasten to my moral as i look around mo i it-el that you are my couiitrymen gather ed from all pans of oui broad fair laud pro lm v ihe mi i>d ol some brave soldier from ov ary one i ihe gl - u d thirteen who with washington lo lead ihem wenl through ire and baptiz 1 the nation in their blood and left ii free proliah v ihu blood ol soi ie i each is represented hero to-night there i cor luiuly here couiÂ»in through our veins ihe b d of lingland ol now i'orl he jerseys ul pennsylvania ol brave little delaware ma nia i \ irgiui i ihe carolinas and ol gaol ri ,. ai.il ii mood ol n en irom all those slates i.cc made a common pool on more ltj_.ii one hard fought field no sound was then i 1 ' . ii heard ofieelioiial fuullng laying " i flglil for i manai buseiis and 1 for \ irginiu ami i lor conneeliciii and i for ilia cai un and i for tho ,!-, i j i mid i lor georgia no no the cry was " wo lighl for ihu i'reedum nl all wu waul no freedom but lor all and wl'li oud'i r i help have it fui all Â»,- will ... leai i hones lo bleach upon iho holds 1 our couniry applause i mil , j counirymon it is glorious lo sll down and nun ovei iho pages ul ih stirring nun until ihu heart ihroln and ihe eye ivuiors mid wo rise lo a full npproeia lion of ihe dlgnliy and m ij stic il.hiiiiiy of il.nl purost and i unsold ih revolution reci t â– tied in the history l ihe world | applause i..-i y.nii children nun ovar ihese pages loo im lhai , â€¢ ihe way lo bring oul iho true feeling â€” intensely altogether exclusively american i hut is lha loellng now 1 iay lo you look back 1 1 1 v eniininu.cn oh bow our brave old ; faiburs clung logiilhor i boston w.is in irou hie in 1775 and did no one sympathise with boston ! ni nl c i,n,i lor one expressed hui ro.oiitmeni openly ; aud nl a cosi uf 800 si-nt io her u vesÂ«e loaded Â« llh provisions and tho town irom wbiuh ll was soul numbered bul 000 inluibiliinls and lha wholo colony hut 100,000 nd â– ii 1 1 is you lhai boston did nol approi late iho sympiuhy ul norlh carolina ? â€” now soi i ihe norlh wild ihe i.i i i iho dead soldiers of iho llevoluiion coursing ihro vim v.-ius one and -, i i stand here before you with the blood ol ihe south in my vein [ ap plause ami 1 hold oul my ii ind lo you in love nml i suy lo you oui lathois were hrelh ren and ihey l'ouÂ«lil bide liy side and they coin foiled each olhei iu den i ii and on ihe bait lo ' field and ihey loved oaeli other unci now wluil should wo bo i lender ui my bund will you refuse it .' no no you will not li.r i cuo hoar you say " u aro our brethren h.r wo are oil children of tho on groat hnusohold â€” and bo we be and -,,, with god's blessing we will over be then as children of one family wh u bhould ho uur .-,,â€ž ,!â– â€ž i | mulual lorbear unco and love nml u him docidod resistance lo all â€” come when mid irom where they may who would sow discord between us i ml and continuous applause wo are a large household and ihero must iherolore ho some diver.i y ol opinion among us let however there be none upon this ureal determination lo wit : lhai our diversities ol opinion shall be discussed with entire respect for the lights and consciences of eoch oilier j and our rnu.ua do , termination in nil honor nd hoiiesly losuppoil ' each ,, bet's jusl righls biiuii ho so fulfilled thai ihere shall bo no discoid lhai will he no dis cord lhai will lead lo iho lupluro of ihe family i . prominent among all other matleis ol interest with us jusl now i lha determination to do elect iy as our is i i 1 d stand ingeih r through life and il necessary death even on the bailie field how near we may bo to the need ol all our slieiiglh god only knows llul ihe day is coming buroly when we will need it all may it find us when it comos neither dis united nor unpiepaied for its approach the moral ofmystoiy is biieflythis that sprung i'm in lathers who all did well â€” all manfully acted llieir p ni - ihrotighoul life ii becomes nol us their sons either u orget their bulleriugs and llieir achievemenls or lu sputn their exam abstemu as diet the necessity of persons becoming their own physicians when ihe bodily functions are slightly disordered is well illustrated in the domestic receipt book many cases of illness both in adults and children may be readily cured by absti nence from all food headaches disorder ed stomachs and many other attacks are often c msedby viola ting the rules of health and in consequence some parts of the sys tem ov.-i loaded or some of tbe organs are clogged omitting one two or three meals as the ease may be gives the sys tem a chai.ee to rest and the clogged or gans to dispose of their burdens the practice ol giving drugs to clear out the stomach though it may afford the needed temporary relief always weakens ihe sys tem while abstinence secures the good result without doing any injury said a young gentleman lo a distin guished medical practitioner in philadel phia doctor what do you do for your self when you have a turn of headache or other slight attack ?" go without my dinner was the reply and if that does not euro you what then 1 " l in without my supper but if that docs not cure you what then f go without my breakfast we physi cians seldom take midecincs ourselves or use them in our families for wc know that abstinence is better but wc cannot make our patients believe it many cases of slight indisposition arc cured by a change of diet thus if a person suffers irom constipation has a headache slight attacks of lever or dys pepsia the cause may often be removed by eating rye mush and molasses baked apples and oilier luiils we were greatly amused says mi ex change the other day at the sight ol a small but very study ul chin who came tearing round a corner with his rags hut tering m the wind h face smeared with molasses and a shingle flourishing iii his hand while he was shouting to another boy about the size ol a pepper box who stood something near a quarter of a utile down the street i â€¢â€¢< l bill bill ' get as many boys as ever ', on can and as many shingles as ev er sou can and come up the street round the corner as quick as ever you can for there's a great big large hogsit ol lasses busted ou the pavement busted all to smash ! ' t',.,11 l norlh cai-olhi i wiiij mr editor there are some repoi is in circulation about davidson college in which the whole community are deeply interested in reference to which i desire information and know not to whom i can apply more appropriately than to your self it is said that the convention which met last month in your town rufusod by a decided majority to accept the resignation of the professors tendered to ihe hoard of trustees in august and referred m the convention for decision ; and yet proceed ed to ihe election of additional professors have iho additions to their funds justified such a measure have ihey buildings pre pared l..r their accommodation ! are the prospects of the college so encouraging as to invite so great an increase ol expen diture do give us il you please mr i alitor some items irom the report of trea surer or agents their action indicates an onward move which will cheer ihu i heart ol every friend ol eduoation in wes ! tern carolina i do hope it will check those ill omened clunkers who have been ' *- i 1 1 â€¢__: i 1 1 r out â€¢â€¢ loss ol public confidence , " dying and such like strains the trustees are prudent calculating men and would never bind themselves lo support live professors and a president unless ihey saw llieir way clear it gratified me much to learn that the board had sent a committee to request professor johnston to withold hisresigna nation and that he had conditionally ct sented so to do ll is not at all surpi fp that they are unwilling to lose ihe servi ces ul such an experienced and aide pro fessor lie lias been connected with this institution almost from the beginning ; and has always enjoyed ihe entire personal esteem nml prolessionnl confidence of ev ery president of ihe board every mem ber at any time in the faculty every stu dent even to the humbles individual on the college bill ' the effort of the trustees shows their judgment and i hope they will spare no exertion to retain prof johnston the jolle;;e cannot afford to give him up and the community will hold ihe board responsible if every effort is not suasunably made for the attainment of so desirable an end so judges a i't it nil in modest worth " fast youth â€” tho oswogo journal thus expatiates on the progressive ways of our rising generation : " boys are nearly un extinct race there is scarcely un intermediate lug between dia per nml desperudoism the luwdy infant is no sooner oul ol his long clothes than he ex hibits the incipient irails of the dandy loafer and by ihe lime ho is lairly jacketed ho wants a tobacco pouch a pack of curds and learns lu swear like a pirate at iho ago often he bo gins in i ii n wiih the ' um she en and his mother generally knows bo is oul because ho is very seldom in al ihe ago i twelve he smokes drinks and speaks ol bis parents as the old mini and eld woman al fifteen iie wants 1 gold waleb and revolver and talks oboot lam ming everybody lhai don't keep out of his way al eighteen he is the ' fastest youth aboul lown lalks of soiling up for himself cribbles love letters and becomes a perfect adept iu games ol chance ; can drink more champbagne and out more raw oysters than any man of bis inches about this lime bis father withholds his spending in nicy and die young hopeful thinks ii a capital idea lo run a awny where he can enjoy ins liberty and afier sowing his wild oais abroad returns home - uisfled that the ' old bilks are not such ' great fools after all " wo won highly amused nol long since ul healing a young hopeful some twelve years of ig whom some person culled a ' boy ei claim ' cull me i boy ! where is y.,ur men f we also overheard two jui iles nut y.-t oul i their aprons offering n hot cigars thai scoll would l,o elected becuuso ho mis ' a bigger man iban general pierce another lilllelad who whs sweating away at ihe btovo trying to light un old slump of a eigar on being advised lo leave off ill i filthy i n.it replii d wiih the utmost gravity that ' ii was very haid vv.uk lo break off smoking us he had inula i ever biuce ho was a small boy almosl daily j we in i v see little ihroe foolors with lighted projections in their mouths swaggering along i puffing end spitting utter iho m.,*t approved rowdy style a glance at ihe marvellous de ' velopmcnts and prococioos intellects exhibited . by ihe young misses of this effeminate genera tion must be del -.! until another day eclipses for l8f â€” there will be two eclipses of the sun and one of the moon during the year 1853 the first eclipse of th sun will lake place on the 6th of june aud will be visible in california the soin hern portion ol the united states and in nearly the whole of south america â€” the second will lie lotah and will take place on the hi of november ll will be visible in california mexico central america ami nearly tbe whole of south america both ol these eclipses will be invisible here a partial eclipse of the moon will lake place on the 81st of juno begining nl 29 minutes a in and ending at '.' hours _ minutes digits eclipsed 2j on the north rn limp â€” hoslon journal handsome liiri lend it will he seen on i hi nee i a arfvorluliib columns io day thai ihe bunk of hamburg has declared i div jdond ' i four it liars upon ihe ih i each ol ..- slock being at ihe rale ul sixteen par cent ; er annum â€” //,,- nbttrg republican 0 â– central it lilroad slock is selling in , georgia t â€¢! 15 por share hull in :; / i ,,/,â€ž, . ll i'.l i ill j's " i nctical i'n al it 'â– , n i'u in ," w v find the following undi i the hi nd ul " ll u o â– ,-. / t itstomt i s .â€¢" in th progri vo singes of ch ilizntion men have h.id many erroneous ideas ami have been chargeable with much folly and i am not aware that any time or in any age they considered it sullicie.nt to place themselves in one of tho â€¢' main grooves l human nlfairs and wait for lort me mercantile men havo certainly lie . er enl.-i lain d ihe idea that all that is necei snry in order to do hosinos , is lo op.n a shop or store an 1 1 lock it with mer chandise to i.l.e mean â– to inform ilia public uf the nature ol their business and solicit their patronage has ever huen a maii.r of primary importance in the middle of the seventeenth century iho shopkeepers in london ,,, id known their business , hi vort . tin in uei or pro prietors would lake a turn before their doors crying out " what d'ye lack sir ; w hat d'ye lack mn inn 1 and then run over ii list of tbe commodities they dealt in and when tiled the task was assumed by the appi cut ice thus making tin cily a babel of strange sounds this democratic era win succeeded by ihe nge of signs which ncuius soon im proved and ornamented l..vlill imaginable devices painting gilding boars heads hying dragons and swans were conspic uous emblems as iho capabilities of the printing press were developed shrewd men saw in it a chance lo " univcralizo their sign-board they saw they could place upon il not only their name and num ber but a full account of their slock and their range of prices ; they saw that they could challenge tho attention not only of thoso who passed by their store but of men in all places and at all limes the present is tin era of advertising adver tising is the best mode ol dm wing buyers that i can suggest by means of it men can sell articles that arc valueless and miikc fortunes by it i why should not those who havo valuable articles to dis pose of . an extensive system ol adver tising is invariably resort d to by those who have trash to dispose of and it suc ceeds ; bow much easier then to selpa useful and valuable article ! advertising and politi ness are the main levers to get cusl ers advertising will draw them ability to fill their orders will satisfy ihem and politeness will induce tiucm to buy fr tin fayotlevillo observer for farmers one acre of land 1a*1 square yards is exactly one acre neither more nor less â€” but the very thing itself s57 yards square of 09 yards and 20j inches each way is nearly one acre 308.71 feet square or 808 feet and 8j inches each way is nearly one acre 2 504 j inches square is one acre near l.v a piece of land 10 by 181 yds or 20 by 242 yds or 30 by ltil { yds or 40 by 121 yds or ii by do 4-5 yds or co hy 80 yds or 70 by 60 1-7 yds or 80 by g0j yds or 00 by 57 7 0 yds or 100 by 48 2-5 yds a exactly one acre neither more nor less fluxions private claims â€” it is sillied truly thai in no civilized country in the world is ii soldifrcull to obtain from government iho payment of private claims although bum led on liuib and justice mr rockwell ol connecticut in n reporl made in 1848 sinied i hul in i years b.999 pell lions were presented to both lions el congress by private claimants and of these 3.081 were nol reporled upon by any committee ; and in ihe leu slice i ji y us lb.ro wen presenled 17,573 petitions lo die louse of representa tives and 8,913 were nol reported upon by any committee in re ibaii half iho nunibei ! i!ut small comparatively ns was ihe number reporl ed lo congress ihe number acted upon was probably not more lhan ono in ave mail robbery the mobile 4 oertiscr says ih.it the mail rrom mobile eastward of the 7th was robbed near burnt c in on tbe sill inst the driver is under arrest bui ihe guard is nol to be found ah extraordinary lamp â€” among the list of late english patents is one taken oul by mr e vvhele far a candle lamp of very novel el a lacier the lamp has a dial or clock face and as ihe candle hums ill hands mnl the hours and minutes correctly and,1 hammer strikes the lime as a chamber light lor a sick room il in irks ihe time and can bo sel lo strike al any given periods when the patient requires attention threatened disruption in ihe i lunch of england it is stated hy ihe london weekly despatch thai in consequence f ihe delermi ne.lion ol iho crown not io allow convocation lo sil for the dispatch ,.| business ihe lea leu of ihe lli^li church parly at a raeenl meeting have resolved lo secede irom the establishment and lo conned themselves wiih iho episcopal church of scotland tho right hon vv e gladstone one ol ihe leaders ol ihe movement ha taken ihe firsl slep rowdyism seems to be rampant in new ark in ohio two of her judges wcro knocked down on tuesday night though no provocation had been given the ringleader was lined lo for i be outrage tho times says that their oldest and best citizens many of them have armed them selves as the law is powerless tin president elect ii is reporled that general pierce was eloseled al lha troinonl house boston on saturday with messrs hun ier i virginia nichol on ol tennessee and caleb cu.hing a yankee down i '. ist has made the great discovery that a window glazed with old l.ii is a sure indication ihnl the occupants have seen a turn bottle tint's a fact j then is ii i ,! w u i i : so tin oinmon ' fall ttatbe can't i.ll whin hi io are . ,, ,. !.